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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Vincent Wright (right), and Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (centre) admire a yield of freshly produced crops during the FUJL press briefing held at the Ministry’s, Hope Road office on July 19.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Vincent Wright (right), and Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (centre) admire a yield of freshly produced crops during the FUJL press briefing held at the Ministry’s, Hope Road office on July 19.

NCU to Offer Degree and Diploma Programmes in Agriculture

The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) will be offering degree and diploma programmes in agriculture starting August 2016. The announcement was made by Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at NCU, Vincent Wright, during his address at the...
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

PM Satisfied With Assurances
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in dialogue with Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, during a reception hosted in Dr. Rowley’s honour at Vale Royal on July 20. (File)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in dialogue with Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, during a reception hosted in Dr. Rowley’s honour at Vale Royal on July 20. (File)

PM Says Cooperation to be Given Priority
Chairman of the Logistics Hub Initiative, Dr. Eric Deans, shares details about the logistics symposium slated for Saturday, July 23 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, during a JIS Think Tank on July 20. Looking on are key partners in the staging of the event (from left) Vice-President of Government and Business, Cable and Wireless Business (FLOW), Donovan White (left); Deputy Executive Director and Lecturer, Operations Management at Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), Dr. Lawrence Nicholson (2nd right); and Executive Director, Caribbean Maritime Institute, Dr. Fritz Pinnock (right).
Chairman of the Logistics Hub Initiative, Dr. Eric Deans, shares details about the logistics symposium slated for Saturday, July 23 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, during a JIS Think Tank on July 20. Looking on are key partners in the staging of the event (from left) Vice-President of Government and Business, Cable and Wireless Business (FLOW), Donovan White (left); Deputy Executive Director and Lecturer, Operations Management at Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), Dr. Lawrence Nicholson (2nd right); and Executive Director, Caribbean Maritime Institute, Dr. Fritz Pinnock (right).

Organisers of Logistics Symposium Upbeat
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (left); General Manager, Country Department, Caribbean Group, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (centre), sign the loan agreement for the US$100 million Financial System Reform Support Programme, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, yesterday (July 21). Standing is Senior Negotiations Officer, International Programme, Management Branch, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Nadine James and at right is Executive Director, IDB, Jerry Butler.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (left); General Manager, Country Department, Caribbean Group, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (centre), sign the loan agreement for the US$100 million Financial System Reform Support Programme, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, yesterday (July 21). Standing is Senior Negotiations Officer, International Programme, Management Branch, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Nadine James and at right is Executive Director, IDB, Jerry Butler.

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Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley (centre), is welcomed by Secretary General of the International Seabed Authority, Nii Odunton (left), when he arrived at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, yesterday (July 21), to participate in the 22nd Session of the Authority. Also pictured is President of the Assembly of the Authority, Milan Meetarbhan.
Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Praised for Hosting Intl Seabed Authority

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, has praised Jamaica on its role as host country of the International Seabed Authority, which serves to protect the region’s marine resources. “Trinidad and Tobago is very satisfied that the Government of Jamaica is providing an enabling environment for the proper conduct of the activities of...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (standing 2nd right) observes the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the provision of capacity building and development support to beneficiaries under the HEART Trust/NTA’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Programme. The signatories are Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (seated 2nd left); and Executive Director of the Heart Trust NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (seated 2nd right). Others looking on (seated from left) are Manager, Business Advisory Services, JBDC, Althea West-Myers and Senior Director, Workforce Development and Employment, Heart Trust/ NTA, Denworth Finnikin. Standing (from left) are Director General, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown; and Chairman, HEART Trust/ NTA Board, Maxine Wilson. The MoU was signed at the launch of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Programme on July 21 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.
Education

Heart/NTA Provides $14.23 Million in Grant Funding to MSMEs

The HEART Trust/NTA is providing $14.23 million in grant funding to six Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). The funds, for the acquisition of equipment, technologies, capacity-building services and technical assistance, are being facilitated through the agency’s ‘General MSME Support’ component of the MSME Programme, which was launched today (July 21) at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. The six...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport on July 17, for the start of an Official Visit to the island which concluded yesterday (July 21).
Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Accepts Invitation to Visit Trinidad

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has formally accepted an invitation from Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, to visit his country at the earliest opportunity for continuation of bilateral discussions. At a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston yesterday, (July 21), to close out his...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), shares a moment with Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (2nd left); Deputy Chairman of Grupo Pinero, owners of the Bahia Principe Jamaica Resort, Jose Antonio Moreno; and General Manager of the resort, Antero Mesa. Occasion was Bahia Principe’s staff awards ceremony held at the hotel in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on July 19.
Tourism

Tourism Service Excellence Programme to be Relaunched November

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that the National Tourism Service Excellence Programme (TSEP) will be relaunched in November. Addressing a staff awards ceremony at the Bahia Principe hotel in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on July 19, Mr. Bartlett informed that former Director General in the Ministry, Carole Guntley, has been assigned the task of reviving the programme,...
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St. James Public Health Nurse, Mae Parchment (seated), accepts a wheelchair on behalf of a recipient at the handover ceremony of 275 wheelchairs at the New Testament Church of God in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 19. To Ms. Parchment’s left is Matt Andrews, one of the principal organisers, and to her right are Dave Payerchin, another of the organisers, and Evangelist Errol Rattray.
Local Government

Wheelchairs Presented to Needy Persons

Some 275 wheelchairs were handed over to persons at the New Testament Church of God in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 19. The Errol Rattray Evangelistic Association, a local faith-based humanitarian organisation, as well as the charity group, Ja’ Mobility, out of California, United States, made the donation to families of amputees and bedridden patients. Businessman Matt Andrews, a...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), has the attention of General Manager of Bahia Principe Jamaica Resort, Antero Mesa (centre); and Deputy Chairman of Grupo Pinero, owners of the resort, Jose Antonio Moreno. The occasion was the hotel’s staff awards ceremony on July 19, where the Minister gave the main address.
Tourism

Hospitality School by 2018 – Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the hospitality school, which will prepare workers for supervisory and managerial positions in the tourism sector, will be established by 2018. The Minister announced plans to set up the school and a craft institute for the training of artisans, in his Sectoral presentation on June 15. Addressing a staff awards ceremony at...
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